About
Erez Cohen is a composer, arranger, conductor, and music educator working across a wide range of musical worlds. He holds an M.A. in Composition and a B.A. in Multidisciplinary Creation from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and a teaching certificate from Levinsky College. His work moves freely between Western art music, Israeli musical traditions, popular and rock idioms, children's musical theatre, and independent production — finding coherence not in a single genre, but in a singular musical intelligence.
In recent years, wind bands have moved to the center of Erez's creative practice — a medium he engages from every angle: as a composer of programmatic concert works, as an arranger who expands and transforms existing repertoire, and as a youth wind band conductor who builds ensembles from the ground up. His works have been commissioned and performed by dozens of Israeli wind bands in festivals and concerts, alongside the IDF Military Symphonic Wind Band; his arrangements span classical orchestras, rock and pop artists, and leading Israeli recording acts.
Music education is a core part of Erez's musical identity. As a composition and songwriting mentor for young musicians, he brings the same cross-disciplinary curiosity to the classroom that drives his creative work, meeting every student where they are, and helping them find their own musical thinking. His teaching is rooted in project-based learning which enables students to grow through real life experience.
